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The Village of Lewiston was established in 1822. The village is within the Town of Lewiston. The Earl W. Brydges Artpark State Park lies at its southern border.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 3.1 km˛ (1.2 mi˛). 2.8 km˛ (1.1 mi˛) of it is land and 0.3 km˛ (0.1 mi˛) of it is water. The total area is 9.32% water.
Lewiston is a Niagara River community, north of Niagara Falls, New York. Across the river is the region of Niagara-on-the-Lake in Ontario, Canada.
The village is at the west terminus of Route 104 (Ridge Road) and is adjacent to the Robert Moses Parkway.
As of the census of 2000, there are 2,000 people, 1,268 households, and 735 families residing in the village. The population density is 1,003.5/km˛ (2,610.3/mi˛). There are 1,351 housing units at an average density of 487.5 persons/km˛ (1,268.1 persons/mi˛). The racial makeup of the village is 98.53% White, 0.11% African AmericanAfrican Americans also known as Afro- Americans or black Americans comprise an ethnic group in the United States of America whose dominant ancestry is from Sub-Saharan West Africa. Many African Americans also claim European, Native American, or Asian ance, 0.54% Native AmericanNative Americans (also Indians Aboriginal Peoples American Indians First Nations Alaskan Natives or Indigenous Peoples of America are the indigenous inhabitants of Americas prior to the European colonization, and their modern descendants. This term compri, 0.36% AsianThe continent of Asia is defined by subtracting Europe and Africa from the great land mass of Africa-Eurasia. The boundaries are vague, especially between Asia and Europe: Asia and Africa meet somewhere near the Suez Canal. The boundary between Asia and E, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 0.04% from other races, and 0.40% from two or more races. 0.58% of the population are HispanicHispanic as used in the United States, is one of several terms used to categorise US citizens, permanent residents and temporary immigrants, whose background hail either from Spain or the Spanish-speaking countries of Latin America. The term is used as a or LatinoA Latino is a person of Latin American heritage, or of the Latin American culture. The feminine form of the word is "Latina". Latino" is a shortened form of the Spanish word for a Latin American individual, "latinoamericano. In Italy, the term is sometime of any race.
There are 1,268 households out of which 21.1% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.9% are married couples living together, 8.5% have a woman whose husband does not live with her, and 42.0% are non-families. 37.5% of all households are made up of individuals and 18.5% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.11 and the average family size is 2.79.
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